Housekeeping

Please bear with me as I make some upgrades to the blog. I found a great template that will allow for publishing of photos in a larger format, but it always takes a while to ensure all of my widgets make the conversion.

Made it to Friday

Still here, still alive -- just trying to keep my head above water. I thought that once Heart Month concluded my time would free up a bit, but I forgot that my boss had a 10 day vacation planned. So here we are at the start of March and it's busy once again.

D and I visited Home Depot last night and picked out a happy yellow color for the laundry room walls. It's looking great down there -- new drywall is up and D laid down a coat of primer. We'll also have new flooring and storage options on the two opposing walls. Can't wait!

Oh and after sitting through two days of jury selection, I managed to not get picked for a criminal case. The attorneys found a pool of 15 potentials and the rest of us were sent off to thank our lucky stars. It was a rape case and would have gone on for about 2 weeks, according to the judge. Not pleasant.

Best buddies

I wasn't able to save this and post it to my blog, but if you click on the link below it will take you to a page where you can view the short video. Trust me, it's way cute and super sweet.

The Orangutan and the Hound
--From the National Geographic Channel

"When Surya, the orangutan, meets a hound dog by the river, the two carry on like long lost friends. We humans often cannot get along with other humans because the tone of their skin differs from ours. How much can we learn from these two species, whose love for each other spans across species lines?"

Jury duty

My petit jury duty stint began this morning. I got up early, drove downtown and made my way to one of the courthouses. Security only took a few minutes and then I waited in the jury room with over 100 other people. Roll call was called a couple different times and then after an hour or so we were all ushered into a very small courtroom. After 4 hours they had only decided on about 8 jurors, which means the majority of us have to return tomorrow morning and continue the process.

I brought my Kindle along to read before and after our time in the courtroom. It was nice to not have a heavy book weighing down my purse! We were all released at 1:30 today so I was able to come into work and get some things done. My boss is going on vacation starting Wednesday and I really hope I'm not selected for the case or else we have no coverage here at the office.